Write down new words in sentences, in phrases, in different tenses and usages.

Vocabulary trainer app are helpful for some.

Build emotional contexts – emotions can help seat a memory.

Build sensory contexts – more senses give you more pathways to recall. We often know something but cannot access the memory. This technique helps.

Study by rote if it works for you OR for very last minute recall. For example, immediately before a test. The instant you get your test, write down the words you have been repeating in your mind. This is an emergency technique for memorizing jargon just to get through a test. In two days you won’t recall any of these terms. But you might pass the test.

Link the words to characters from television, movies, stories.

Link the words to places you know well or even objects in the classroom!

Link terms to relationships in your day-to-day life.

Link new words to friendly words with which you are intimately familiar.

Study it in context – don’t repeat the word, repeat a key phrase that uses the word.